Judy Garland’s remains moved nearer to her family in Hollywood

Judy Garland’s remains have been removed from her resting place in New York and taken to Hollywood. The Wizard Of Oz star’s body was exhumed - 48 years after her death - at the request of her family, including children Liza Minnelli, Lorna Luft and Joey Luft. They wanted their mother to be closer to their homes in California. The transfer from a crypt in New York’s Ferncliff Cemetery to Hollywood Forever Cemetery was completed on Friday. Speaking on behalf of the family, Victoria Varela explained: “When Judy Garland died, her affairs were controlled by her husband, Mickey Deans. "Her children had no say in the matter of her burial, so this is at last their opportunity to do what they feel their mother would have wanted in the first place - to be united with her family in Hollywood.”

Her children had no say in the matter of her burial, so this is at last their opportunity to do what they feel their mother would have wanted in the first place - to be united with her family in Hollywood

Victoria Varela

Her children had no say in the matter of her burial, so this is at last their opportunity to do what they feel their mother would have wanted in the first place — to be united with her family in Hollywood,“ Varela said in a statement.Garland, star of classic films including "The Wizard of Oz” and “Meet Me in St. Louis,” died in 1969 at age 47 in London. Deans died in 2003.The space in the mausoleum, renamed the Judy Garland Pavilion, has room for all her family. Garland died in London in 1969, when she was 47. Deans, her fifth husband, died in 2003. Her other spouses included film-maker Vincent Minnelli, father of Oscar-winning Cabaret star Liza, 70, and producer Sidney Luft, father to actress-singer Lorna, 64, and Joey, 61.

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